Abstract. We analyse the spectral bounds of non-overlapping domain decomposition additive Schwarz preconditioners for hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods in H-type norms. Using original approximation results for discontinuous finite element spaces, it is found that these preconditioners yield a condition number bound of order 1 + Hp/hq, where H and h are respectively the co...

We consider fourth order singularly perturbed boundary value problems (BVPs) in one-dimension and the approximation of their solution by the hp version of the Finite Element Method (FEM). If the given problem’s boundary conditions are suitable for writing the BVP as a second order system, then we construct an hp FEM on the so-called Spectral Boundary Layer Mesh that gives a robust approximation...

The noninvasive assessment of intrinsic sources of heart period (HP) variability is an area of great interest in medicine and physiology [1]. Spectral analysis of HP variability is a method that has been widely recommended and employed in deriving indices that reflect sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiovascular influences [2]-[5]. This technique extracts from beat-to-beat variations in HP sp...

There are different finite element models in place for predicting the bending behavior of shear deformable beams and plates. Mostly, the literature abounds with traditional equi-spaced Langrange based low order finite element approximations using displacement formulations. However, the finite element models of Timoshenko beams and Mindlin plates with linear interpolation of all generalized disp...

Displacement finite element models of various beam theories have been developed using traditional finite element interpolations (i.e., Hermite cubic or equi-spaced Lagrange functions). Various finite element models of beams differ from each other in the choice of the interpolation functions used for the transverse deflection w, total rotation φ and/or shear strain γxz, or in the integral form u...

In this paper we present a formulation of spectral vanishing viscosity (SVV) for the stabilisation of spectral/hp element methods applied to the solution of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. We construct the SVV around a filter with respect to an orthogonal expansions, and prove that this methodology provides a symmetric semi-positive definite SVV operator. After providing a few simpl...

Hypernasality (HP) is observed across voiced phonemes uttered by Cleft-Palate (CP) speakers with defective velopharyngeal (VP) opening. HP assessment using signal processing technique is challenging due to the variability of acoustic features across various conditions such as speakers, speaking style, speaking rate, severity of HP etc. Most of the study for hypernasality (HP) assessment is base...